Improvement in seat-guards for hobby-horses



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Letters Patent No. l10,527,' dated December 27, 1870 antedated December17, 1870;

IMPROVEMENT lN'SEAT-GUARDS FCR HOBBY-HORSES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent-and making part of thesame.

To :all whom it may conce/ru.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM L. WILLIAMS, of the city and State of NewYork, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Seat-Guardsfor Hob-l by-Horses, and the following is .hereby declared to be a fulland correct description of the same.

Before my present invention a ring or guard had been used to prevent thechild falling from the hobbyhorse, the ring being supported' above thehorsesback at Ethe front and rear by verticalsnpports' or standards',formed as straps, screwed tothe horse,

with the ring or guard hinged so as to swing and open laterally, toallow the child to be placed upon or re- Amoved from the horse.

My present invention, as distinguished from the above, consists in aring or guard, hinged to the front support so` that said ring can bepassed over the horse-s head and hang around the neclsuspended from thesupport,to allow the child to be placed upon or removed 'from thehorse,.and then turned back, to surround the child, or, when said ringis not to be used as a guard, it is not in the way while around thehobby-horses'neok.

The lower part of the supports are provided with bearing-plates orbases, extending upon each side of the-horsesback and-partially down thesides, and, to

thesegbelts or bands are attached, passing under the horses belly, -andare buckled so-.that the` said support is securely held to place.

Therearsupport is providedwith a spring-catch, to take an eye upon thering or guard, to prevent the same being accidentally disconnected; andsaid support is hinged so as to allow the support'to be turned down outof the way when not required for use in supporting theling. By securingthe supports" to the horses back by belts or straps passing under thebelly of the horse, the necessity of screwing them to the back 'isavoidthe horse by simply unbuckling said belly-bands or belts when nolonger required for preventing the child falling.

In the drawing- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hobby-horse ttedwith' my improvement, the parts being in position to allow a child to beplaced upon the horse;

. Figure 2 is an elevation; and

Figure 3 is a plan of the supports and ring detached, the ling or guardbeing shown as connected to its rear support.

The hobby-horse a and rockers b may be of any usual. or desiredcharacter, and, I remark that my improvement can 'be applied to thespring or any othercharacter of hobby-horse. The front standard-c andbearing-plate or base l are made so that the bearing-plate or base dwill conform, generally, to the shoulders of the horse, as shown-in fig.'1, so that the vsame cannot turn upon the horse when the belt or strape, which is fastened tothe respective ends of the. metallic plate d, istightened andbuckle'd. l The guard-ring f is hinged at g to the upperpart of the standard c, so that it can hang suspended from its support,asshown in ,ig 1, when the child is be ing placed upon or removed fromthe horse, 'or when the ring is not in use, or be turned back fromaround the horses neck so as to surround the child.

-";l.`l1e rear 'standard huis provided withV a base or bearing-plate,aud a belt, l, similar to those for the front support o; but isaidstandard is -hinged at m to"the supporting-based so that the standardcan be turned down out of' the way and allow of' the child being moreeasily placed upon the horse. `r Ihis standard is provided with theprojection mtu support the ring f, and, with the spring-latch p, takinganveye, q, upon said ring to prevent the ring becoming disconnectedaccidentally from its support.

' By this arrangement the guard-ringmay be disconnected from its rearsupport aud-swung upon its hinge over the childs head when the child isto be removed from the horse, or said"ring may be passed over the horseshead, and hang suspended from its support and the rear support down, asshown in tig-1," when it is desired to ride the horse without theguard-ring'in place, or both supports and ring may be removed from thehorse by merely unbuckling the `belts e e.

1. The ring-guard j, hinged to the front standard e, so as to be thrownover the head of the hobby- A horse, as and `for the purposes specilied.ed, and the supports and ring can be removed from 2'2 The standard h,hinged at m, and provided with a latch, p, in combination with the .ringf, hinged so as to turn over toward the, head of the hobby-horse,substantially as and for the purposesset' forth.

3. The standard c, (or h,) provided withal bearingplate or base andstraps, to pass around the hobbyhorse, in lcombination with thering-guard, for the purposes specified.

Dated J une 2, A. D. 1870.`

s W. L. WILLIAMS.

. Witnesses: A

OHAs. H. SMITH,

GEO. T. PLNCKNEY.

